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By Tyler King |
August 18th, 2010
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When building new software, it can be tempting to start with an open-source project and make modifications. This post outlines some of the reasons why this approach can lead to mediocre software.
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By Tyler King |
July 1st, 2010
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One of the main challenges for software designers is finding the balance between power and simplicity. In this post I talk about a common shortcut taken by many designers, and why you should avoid it.
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By Tyler King |
June 25th, 2010
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Have you ever wondered where websites get all of those random pictures of people smiling? What about the pictures of attractive women with headsets that are ready to take your call? Most of those images are called "stock photography" and there are tons of services out there that will sell you stock photos for use on your website.
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I'm going to walk through some really simple tricks you can use to make a logo for a website. To demonstrate, I'm going to make a sample Less Annoying Software logo.
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This post is for those of you that aren't professional designers, but still find yourself responsible for coming up with basic designs for things like websites, email templates, logos, brochures, etc.
If you find that your design just doesn't stand out enough, but you're not sure what you can do to fix it, there's an easy trick that you should try out: Add gradients.
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When Bracken and I decided to start Less Annoying Software, I left my full-time job so that I could dedicate most of my time to building our customer manager, but I still do some consulting work for my old company. For the past two weeks I've been spending some time redesigning their signup pr...
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If you're ever making a flier, brochure, or any other type of document where you need to squeeze a lot of information on one page, you've probably struggled to find ways to differentiate different sections of text. For example, on a page where lots of things need to be called out, it can be di...
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In case you didn't know, Microsoft is about to release a new operating system called Windows 7. I've been casually following the feedback which almost always ends up comparing Windows 7 with Vista. One of the most interesting things I've read is that Windows 7 is slightly faster than Vis...
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Bracken and I are in the process of designing our first round of software. I'll write a post in the next couple of weeks explaining exactly what we're working on, but what's been more interesting so far is how we've been making decisions.
First let me say that I'm really excited ab...
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The end goal for any smart software developer is to create something that the users enjoy. It matters little what the software does as long as people like using it. Happy users generate a lot more money for you than any amount of measurable utility will.
Making your users happy can be a lot mor...
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